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Action Roguelike + Board Game
Only 6 developers shipped a Board Game Action Roguelike in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Break Shoot, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×6.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $15k, ×33 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) |
| Top 25% | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $15,868) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue too few recent games to read momentum, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Action Roguelike, Board Game
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 13,980 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action Roguelike with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + SportsFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + VampiresFair
- + IdlerFair
- + DogsFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + FaithFair
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
Comparable games
Hand of Fate 2015 · $4.8M 
Hand of Fate 2 2017 · $4.7M 
Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) 2019 · $187k 
Break Shoot 2026 · $16k 
The Chronicles of Quiver Dick 2018 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hand of Fate | older | $19.99 | 8,009 89% | 240k | $4.8M (exactly $4,802,997) | Defiant Development |
| | Hand of Fate 2 | older | $29.99 | 5,273 84% | 158k | $4.7M (exactly $4,744,118) | Defiant Development |
| | Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) | older | $24.99 | 250 70% | 7.5k | $187k (exactly $187,425) | Auroch Digital |
| | Break Shoot | $4.99 | 106 99% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,868) | UPTRAND | |
| | The Chronicles of Quiver Dick | older | $2.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $16k (exactly $15,518) | Crankage Games |
 | Dice Assassin | older | $2.99 | 76 69% | 2.3k | $6.8k (exactly $6,817) | Afil Games |
 | Coinsweeper | $4.99 | 43 86% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Duo Forge Games | |
 | Check and Slash | older | $4.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Gate of Madness |
 | Band of Brigands | older | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | ProtoGames |
 | Petrified Pawns | $5.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | Bepansrad Studio | |
 | BeatHero | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Rainboar Studios | |
 | 15 Minutes Dungeon | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Daruma The Factory, Inc. | |
 | Checkmate Rush | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Opal Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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